On March 30, 2024, Erislandy Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs), the middleweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Australian challenger, Michael Zerafa (31-4, 19 KOs).
Erislandy Lara is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Gary O'Sullivan, 1 year, 10 months, and 2 days ago. Michael Zerafa is on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Danilo Creati, 1 year, 4 months, and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Erislandy Lara at 99-1 winning odds. Michael Zerafa really doesn't have much to present against Lara.
Erislandy Lara made very easy work of Michael Zerafa, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Lara improves his record to 30-3-3 (18 KOs), while Zerafa adds a loss to his record at 31-5.